the River of forgetfulness

He finds time for song:

While I wait for you,

I can’t wait for you

I can’t read Dostoevsky

or listen to Umm Kulthum or Maria Callas

or anyone else.

While I wait for you the hands

in my wristwatch move to the left,

to a time hat has no place,

while I wait for you

I didn’t wait for you,

I waited for eternity.

~Mahmoud Darwish